Underdiagnosis of obesity in pediatric clinical care settings among children born preterm: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neonatal care of preterm infants may include dietary approaches such as high calorie formulas to promote physical growth. However, continuing growth-promoting strategies beyond the point of necessity, coupled with poverty and food insecurity which are more common among families of children born preterm, may increase the risk of obesity. Because children born preterm tend to have more pressing health conditions that require ongoing care, obesity may go undiagnosed by providers.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included 38,849 children (31,548 term, 7301 preterm) born from 2010 to 2015, who received clinical care at a large pediatric medical center (Ohio, USA). Electronic medical record data, linked to Ohio birth certificates, were used to identify children w

SUBMITTER: Ingol TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9681531 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature